Chen Jiu saw that he was so serious on the first day he came, so he took the initiative to talk to him and kindly reminded: "Although you used to learn to make teapots and sculptures from the master of the private kiln, you are better than people like us who have never learned any craft. The master only makes water tanks and flower pots, while Master Li makes teapots and sculptures, if you have someone in your family, it is best to worship him as a teacher. ”

Tian Ruyue spread her hands: "I won't tell you, I had some misunderstandings with my family, I was kicked out by my grandmother, and now I just want food and clothing." ”

It's not good to ask too much about other people's family affairs, so Chen Jiu changed the topic: "I'll see the master later, if he doesn't object to you raising a cat, I'll take you to the bedroom where we live." ”

Tian Ruyue agreed.

It wasn't until the end of sunset that it was dinner time but I didn't see Master Zhao, and I asked the other apprentices to learn that Master Zhao's daughter suddenly visited, and I didn't know what to do with him, Master Zhao went home and would come back tomorrow.

The matter of raising a cat was put on hold for the time being, and Chen Jiu took her into the house.

As soon as you enter the lobby, there are no tables, chairs and benches in the lobby, but there are pottery embryos full of various flower pots and several water tanks, and only a narrow road is vacated in the middle for one person to pass.

Passing through the hall, the door of the first room on the left was open, Tian Ruyue glanced at it curiously, this room had no windows, and the light was dimmer than the hall, but he could still see some tools stacked in the room.

Chen Jiu suddenly stopped and pointed to the second room on the left: "That's the master's bedroom." He pointed to the third room next door: "That's my bedroom." Turning sideways, he took Tian Ruyue into a room on the right, and stretched out his hand to the Chase Shop: "You sleep here with the pillars at night." ”

As soon as Tian Ruyue entered the house, she smelled a peculiar smell of sweat...... she wrinkled her nose and looked at the three straw mats placed on Chen Jiuzhi's Chase Bunk.

There was a pillow and a thin quilt on each mat, only one quilt was neatly folded, and the other two quilts were spread out in a ball.

There are several wooden basins in the corner, some large and some small, and one of the large wooden basins is stacked with dirty clothes that have not been washed.

Tian Ruyue: "......" slept in a bed with three big men...... It's exciting.

Chen Jiu followed his gaze and glanced at him, "Xiao Lin loves to be clean, and that bed is his." ”

There was a bed between Kobayashi's quilt and the other two people, and there was one bed left against the wall, to Kobayashi's left.

After Tian Ruyue approached, she took off the burden on her body and put it on this bed, she would rather lean against the wall on the left and next to Xiao Lin on the right, rather than be sandwiched between Xiao Lin and another person.

Turning around and looking around the room, there was a window on the right, and a shabby table was placed under the windowsill.

There was a teapot and several teacups on the table.

Under the table, there were pots and jars.

Tian Ruyue approached curiously and took a closer look.

Chen Jiu saw that he was curious and stood aside and explained: "This is an official kiln, in addition to sending the things made to the palace for the nobles to enjoy, most of the officials of the court and China will also come to us to buy pottery, and the rest will flow into some shops in the capital to sell, and there are always many defective products produced in each kiln."

These defective products are picked by the master first, and it is the turn of those of us who are apprentices to pick if the master does not want them, and they can be taken home or sold to the store, but they must not steal the intact finished products, and once they are found, they will be sent to the government for investigation. ”

Tian Ruyue bowed slightly to indicate that she had heard, but her eyes never left those defective products.

In her eyes, most defective products can be repaired and fired to become a perfect finished product.

Her modern master couldn't make a pot because of his old hands and shaking, so he fell in love with repairing pots, and often pulled her to repair when he was fine, which was more perfect than anyone else.

Some of them have been repaired two or three times, and even they themselves can't find any traces of the original repair, which can be called a miracle.

Chen Jiu saw that he had been staring at the defective product, and suddenly reached out and patted him on the shoulder, so startled that Tian Ruyue suddenly straightened up and glared at him.

Chen Jiu was startled when he saw him and laughed: "Don't look at it, these are pillars of theirs, no matter how you look at them, they can't give them to you." It's not too early, so I'll take you to dinner. ”

Tian Ruyue followed him out, stepped out of the house, turned to the left, and went straight forward.

As Chen Jiu walked, he introduced the purpose of each room.

Of the four masters, except for Master Li, he occupied five rooms because he had the most apprentices, and the rest of the masters each had a house.

"As you know, he is good at making water tanks and flower pots. Master Qian is good at vases and dishes. You should have heard of Master Li's name, he is good at teapots and sculptures, and the things he makes are all placed on the Bogu shelf, which is worth a thousand gold. ”

Tian Ruyue listened carefully and found that he had missed someone: "What about Master Sun?" "She is also good at teapots and sculptures, and she must compete with Master Li when she has the opportunity.

Chen Jiu's eyes flashed, he glanced left and right quickly, and seeing that he was far away from others, he leaned closer and whispered: "Sun Zhaoyi in the palace is his own sister." ”

Tian Ruyue instantly understood his hint.

Master Sun's sister is one of the nine concubines, no wonder others only have a flattering and flattering look when they see him, but they have no respect, it turns out that he is a moth who came in through the back door.

He smiled at Chen Jiu: "Thank you, senior brother, for mentioning it." ”

Chen Jiu looked at his smile and paused for a moment.

Why does this stone look a bit like a big girl when she laughs?

suppressed the suspicion in his heart and continued to walk forward with her.

Tian Ruyue saw at a glance that there was a long queue in front of a house in front of her, and the source of the queue was a rectangular table, with two wooden barrels and three clay pots on it.

Both barrels were more than a man tall, and although she couldn't see what was inside, she could smell the smell of rice that she hadn't seen for a long time.

The clay pot is filled with braised pork, Chinese cabbage and tomato soup.

Wow! There are meat and vegetarian dishes, and the food is good!

Everyone in line was dirty, dealing with clay all day, and there was black mud between their fingernails, but no one disliked each other.

Each person held a large bowl and a pair of wooden chopsticks in their hands, but their faces were full of happy smiles and looked directly at the dishes in the clay pot. Discussing today's good food, and guessing what you might eat tomorrow.

Chen Jiu led Tian Ruyue straight to a large wooden basin, where clean dishes and chopsticks were piled up. He bent down to take two servings, handed Tian Ruyue a pair of chopsticks, and the two of them went straight to the back of the line to line up.

Tian Ruyue looked at the two chefs behind the rectangular table, one male and one female, both about fifty, and suddenly asked, "Is the chef who cooks the dishes the master who cooks?" How is the cooking? ”

Chen Jiu followed his gaze and looked over: "The two of them are a husband and wife, Master Cao used to be the retired imperial chef in the palace, and I don't need to praise my cooking skills, you can know it yourself if you taste it." ”